For my "Pink Beatles" project, I am taking on all of the main roles for my visual, apart from the camera and sound position, which I will have the other two people in my group assist me with. However, I am taking on the following roles: editor, producer and director. Therefore, I need to research my role and right now, I am researching a director's role and I will be researching three directors as examples. I will also include some examples of the directors' work, how thy inspire my project and I will then asses a director's roles. Director X:
Director X (otherwise known as Julian Christian Lutz) has directed some of this decade's most popular music videos. What I find interesting in Director X's work is his use of lighting to reflect the mood. For example, in his music video for David Guetta's One Love (2009), in the opening scene, the lighting is rather dull and you can't see much. this reflects the mood of this scene. However, Director X also makes connections between the lighting and the beat of the actual music. This can be seen in the music video for Drake's Hotline Bling (2016). When the beats change, so does the colour of the lighting in the video. Personally, I think I will take inspiration from both of the above videos as I plan to sue lighting to reflect the mood of the scene in my visual or to portray the emotion I want to portray. I plan on using colours like red for the scenes with the menacing teacher in it and I plan on make the visuals change to the beats of the song. Bartholomew Cubbins/Jared Leto:
Bartholomew Cubbins (or rather Jared Leto) is a director who has worked on several different types of things. Jared has worked in several documentaries, for example: he directed the documentary 'Artifact (2012)' under the name Bartholomew Cubbins as well as several of Thirty seconds To Mars' music videos. for example, the music video for 'City Of Angels (2013)' again under the name Bartholomew Cubbins (he also directed the lyric video, which you can see above). As you can see from the above videos, Leto/Cubbins likes to make videos surrounding controversial subjects (as 'Artifact' suggests) and he also likes to use colourful lighting. The inspiration I will be taking from this director is the idea of using colourful lighting and I'm also thinking of putting some text in the visual or some of the words of the song in the visual, like the lyric video you can see above for City Of Angels (2013). Ed Sheeran:
Despite the fact that Ed Sheeran is not a credited director, I do know that he does have a lot of say in what goes into his music videos. One things I have seen reoccurring in his videos is the fact that Ed isn't actually in them or is in them very little. You can see this in the above videos. In one video, he does not appear at all, in another, he is not the main subject. I will be taking the same approach in my visual as I do not plan to include the band within the visual. Conclusion:After researching on creative skill set, I have discovered that a director must fill the following roles: - Visualise and structure the film's look and make it come to life. - Casting. - Script editing. - Shot composition. - Shot selection. - Editing. - Be a link between the creative and technical roles involved in the production. Also, I looked into what kind of qualities, skills and thing you need to do to become a great director: - Have an artistic vision. - Have a passion for film. - Be a great leader. - Make decisions effectively. - Delegate roles. - Collaborate with others. - Have good communication skills. - Have an understanding of both the creative and technical aspects of a production. - Be able to work intensely for long hours. - Have self-belief. - Pay attention to detail. - Be able to work calmly under pressure. Overall, I think I would be able to fill this role, due to the fact that I have worked as a director before and have made films by myself before. However, I think I can do most of the above things and therefore, this project should be successful. Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQyGYdRqulQ http://directorxfilms.com/musicvideos.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fCqr-ki5js https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtk8ro_eJZE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxpDa-c-4Mc http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001467/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtk8ro_eJZE http://www.riversrush.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAWcs5H-qgQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXvzzTICvJs
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